THE EFFECT 0F HEAT TREATMENTS, POLYMER （0 f热处理,影响聚合物）.pdf

The Iraqi Journal For Mechanical And Material Engineering, Vol.14, No1, 2014 THE EFFECT 0F HEAT TREATMENTS, POLYMER QUENCHING AND ADDITIONS (Zr AND Ag) ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF (6061) ALUMINUM ALLOY Dr. Jassim Mohammed Salman Al-Murshdy Mr. Haydar Swary Rahi Al-Garawi jmsmaterials@ College of Materials Engineering/ Babylon University ABSTRACT Aluminum alloys (6XXX series) are widely used in the structural components of automotive and construction industries as they show a good combination of formability, corrosion resistance, weldability, and final mechanical properties. The objective of this work was to introduce improve properties of 6061-T6 aluminum alloys such as impact energy, thermal age hardening behavior, thermal stability and corrosion resistance in 3.5%NaCl solution by using quenching in 35% polyethylene glycol and addition alloying elements, i.e. Zr with Ag together to this alloy. And to determine the effects of artificial ageing on the properties. The precipitation hardening usually undergoes a thermal treatments, which consists of a solution heat treatment (530ºC for 1 hour) this temperature was selected among three temperatures that used to solid solution treatment, quenching (in water, in 35% PAG polymer solution) and artificial ageing. The experimental study is focused on artificial ageing upon that the temperatures is varying from 160ºC - 180ºC - 200ºC at different periods of time. Several tests were carried out to evaluate the performance of alloys before and after ageing, such as Vickers hardness, impact, thermal stability(DSC), metallographic examination, corrosion resistance in 3.5%NaCl solution and X-Ray diffr